Harry Wolverton

Harry Sterling "Fighting Harry" Wolverton (December 6, 1873 - February 4, 1937) was a third baseman who played for the Chicago Orphans, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Boston Beaneaters, and New York Highlanders. He was considered a power hitter in his day, and he tied a major league record in by|1900 by hitting three triples in one game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. At the end of the season, he was struck in the head by a pole beside the Philadelphia streetcar tracks, fracturing his skull. Amazingly, he recovered and his statistics didn't drop off. After a short stint with the Senators, he returned to third base for the Phillies, but in by|1904, he was traded to the Boston Beaneaters, where he would play for one season before taking an extended hiatus from baseball.

In by|1912, he was named manager of the woeful New York Highlanders, where he would lead them to a last-place finish and a 50-102 record (.329 winning percentage). He inserted himself into games as a pinch-hitter, but despite his efforts to reverse the team's fortunes, he was let go by New York after the 1912 season.

Wolverton died in Oakland, California at age 63 in a hit-and-run automobile accident.